When a cause of action arises from a promissory note, bill of exchange, or an acknowledgment under the hand of the party of a subsisting demand, the action may be commenced at any time within 6 years from the accruing of such cause of action.

Code 1852, § ?2744; Code 1915, § ?4673; Code 1935, § ?5131; 10 Del. C. 1953, § ?8108;